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Re: Identifying CPU and current OS



On 9/28/25 7:23 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
At Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:00:11 -0500 Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:


I may resurrect an former desktop machine as a trouble shooting aid.
I need to know the data bus width.

I know the Debian version number is stored in /etc/debian_version .

How do I find if the installed OS is 32 or 64 bit?
How do I discover the CPU's bus width?

uname -a

The output of
  Linux debian12 6.1.0-28-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.119-1
  (2024-11-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Is clear. I *like*!


This will tell you the kernel version, including the bus width
(Note: it is possible to install a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit processor)

That is the case of interest. I'm fairly certain that it has 32 bit Debian installed. I need to know if the processor is 64 bit capable.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

This will tell you all about the processor(s).

But as I replied to alain, I didn't find the data buss width clearly identified.






TIA




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